Get all the things done you're used to doing with pricey software at a fraction of the cost.
There are hundreds of free programs out there that work just as well as the commercial programs
people pay hundreds of dollars for. This book tells you how to find and use the most popular
and useful of these. The Open Source movement is a system where programmers can share code and
collectively improve programs. As a result they can produce programs that are just as good if
not better than their commercial alternatives. For example LibreOffice comes with a database
Microsoft Office does not. This book shows you where to get and how to use the best Open Source
programs giving you not only access to high quality software but saving you money as well. Add
Practical Free Alternatives to Commercial Software to your library today. What You'll Learn Use
the free spreadsheet program Libreoffice-calc to balance your checkbook do an expense account
and other tasks Perform presentations with Libreoffice-impress instead of Powerpoint Photo edit
with The Gimp a high powered image editor Edit videos with Openshot Create video DVDs with
DVDStyler Who This Book Is For Home or small business PC users who want to save money on
software
